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Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

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Mariella Frostrup

Janice YK Lee

Sarah Dillon

Open Book: Janice YK Lee

17/01/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Janice YK Lee

Mariella Frostrup talks to bestselling author Janice YK Lee.

Mariella Frostrup talks to bestselling author Janice YK Lee, and Dr Sarah Dillon explores the comic genius of Stella Gibbons in Cold Comfort Farm.

Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Janice Y K Lee whose first novel The Piano Teacher was an international bestseller. Her new book, The Expatriates, explores the lives of three American women living in Hong Kong, and the challenges of their privileged but isolated lifestyle. 

Also on the programme Dr Sarah Dillon continues her series of Close Readings with an analysis of the comic genius of Cold Comfort Farm, and we help a listener overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of books available.

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